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This is our chance as adoptive parents to weigh in and report problems with specific agencies and their practices. Let’s make our voices heard loudly, clearly, and in great numbers!
The agencies listed at the link either will or won’t be licensed.
The licensing body should be made aware of specific problems adoptive parents have had with specific agencies.
This is a concrete way for ALL adoptive parents can work to raise the standard of adoption practice in the US.
Please note the deadline—January 31.
Please spread this message far and wide in the online and local adoption communities.
Let’s weed out the agencies that shouldn’t be licensed to practice and put pressure on those do get licensed to raise their practice standards!
http://www.coanet.org/front3/page.cfm?sect=54&cont=4337
PUBLIC COMMENT NOTICE
PURPOSE: This notice announces a public comment period through January 31, 2007 on intercountry adoption service providers seeking Hague Accreditation. A list of adoption service providers that have applied for Hague Accreditation and Approval through the Council on Accreditation (COA) can be found below. COA is located at 120 Wall Street, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10005.
Instructions: Please click here to provide comments. If you provide an email address, then you will receive an email confirming that your comment was received. Note: Members of the public who wish to provide comments anonymously will not be contacted by COA. For further information on this notice, contact J. Fulmer, Director of Quality Services Management, at 866.262.8088, x 241.
Adoption Service Providers that applied for Hague Accreditation or Approval Note: Locations of adoption service providers listed at the above link denote their central headquarters or main location.
